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FGMSD-80-30 1 (1980-01-24)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabafd0001 and id is 1 raw text is: R.STRtCTED - Not to be released outside the General 'u : ith Office except on the basis of specific approval by the Office of Congressional Relations* R ELEASE M c 4T~SAE B-197338 JANUARY 24, 1980 The Honorable Jack Brooks Chairman, Committee on 111 Government Operations ~111 Hos fRepresentatives50 t Dear Mr. Chairman: 111469 Subject: Yir Force Sole Source Computer Acquisitions Not Warrante (FGMSD-80-30) On June 8, 1979, you reqzztz that we investigate the Air Force weather program to determine if the Air Force has (1) justified its need for a proposed sole source upgrade, (2) properly defined its mission needs, (3) complied with Federal automatic data processing (ADP) policies, and (4) properly justified its plan to perpetually upgrade its weather program equipment on a sole source basis. You also requested that if our investigation revealed problems of a broader nature that we identify the problem areas and recommend corrective actions. This report, as agreed to by your office, addresses primarily item (1), the sole source acquisition of two %P -Univac 1100/81 computers. Two Univac 1100/81 computers were acquired noncompet- OuG itively in July 1979 by the Air Force Global Weather Central-o1 (AFGWC) and three more noncompetitive large Univac acquisi- tions are planned through 1985. Air Force reasons for these sole source procurements are: --There was an urgent need for the two 1100/81s because the existing capacity at the AFGWC could not support validated operational requirements. --Economies associated with the ll00/81s made the acquisition cost effective. --Compared to sole source acquisition, competitive acquisition would cost the Air Force an additional $30 million because of program conversion, site preparation, and parallel operations costs. rll (913644)

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